Road To Recovery: Neuroengineering Addiction

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Addiction is not something that should be taken lightly. It has time and time again caused unfortunate consequences, even leading to the destruction of lives. A comprehensive treatment approach is an effective way of leading the patient back to recovery.

Neuroengineering has allowed medical care providers to analyze and overcome brain dysfunctions using and blending the concepts of neuroscience, engineering, biology, neurology, and psychology, as well as other disciplines.

NTLgroup®, a consortium of like-minded researchers and healthcare professionals, develops cutting-edge programs and cognitive rehabilitative techniques to help in the recovery from addiction.

Its approach to the treatment is based on the alcohol and other drugs abuse dual-process theories, which propose that addictive behavior is determined by the failure of interactions between two different brain systems – the reflective or thinking system and the reflexive or impulsive system.

The organization uses a trademarked program, BrainRecoveryTM, to help treat the disorder. The program focuses on the cognitive brain functions to improve the patient’s brain capabilities, increasing his IQ and skills in decision making, self-regulation, and impulse control.

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Coupled with therapeutic imprinting technologies that are focused on preventing relapse, the result is a complete shift in behavior, breaking the relapse cycle, and giving the patient the ability to make proper rational choices.

The research and development division of NTLgroup® is headed by Dr. Curtis Cripe. His professional and academic work, spanning several disciplines, has helped him develop an integrated cognitive rehabilitation and development training program that can be used for those with addiction or substance abuse. Read more about his field of work by visiting this website.